the GLENN family

 October 2021-Part 2  The rest of October had a surprising amount of stuff going on. We had Michael's 5th birthday, my niece's early and exciting arrival, a school trip to the pumpkin patch, primary girls activities, Halloween, and a James Taylor concert to name a few of the highlights.  Gearing up for costume day at school Andrew did it again with the birthday cake. Last year Michael wanted a cake that looked like his stuffed dinosaur, and this year he wanted one to match his teddy bear. I should have taken a picture with the real bear next to the cake, because Andrew nailed it.  Michael is 5! Michael loves playing pretend with Alex. The two of them have become such good friends now that Adaline and Matthew are at school all day. I'm so glad I kept Michael home this year instead of sending him to TK because I think their relationship will forever be better because of this time their getting together. Michael loves being read to, making perler bead creations, color-b...

 October 2021-Part 1 (Disneyland!) I started off October with racing another 5K. Something weird happened with the timing on this one because I started my watch just as I crossed the start line, but then I forgot to stop it until a little after I finished. My watch time ended up being 27:07 so I knew I was somewhere a bit under that, but my chip time came out to 27:20. Huh? How is that possible? My initial guess was that maybe the chip sensor wasn't right at the line so maybe I didn't actually cross the sensor until after I had stopped to catch my breath? I don't know. It was still faster than the 5K I did in September. It was a small race, and I got 2nd in age group again. My main goal was to improve my negative splits from the last 5K and I did it! My splits were 9, 8:33, and 7:31. Still a lot of room to tighten that up, but I was heading in the right direction, and now 3 minutes (but likely less) away from my goal time. The main thing was how good I felt afterward. Just ...